Screenwriting tips, you hack
Subtitle: 150 practical pointers for becoming a better screenwriter
By: Xander Bennett
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780240818245
Subjects: Motion picture plays; Technique; Editing; Motion picture authorship
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fade in: before you put digits to keyboard; title: No idea: concept is king; title: Rebel without a plan: outlining is the best present you can give your; title: Future self; title: Inciting incident: away we go; title: Structure: learn the rules or get off the field; title: Description and word choice: say what you mean; title: Your protagonist: the most interesting girl in the room; title: Showing character: surprises, sock puppets, and bad, bad men; title: Dialog: we need to talk; title: Genre: waiter, there's a comedy in my thriller; title: Productivity: writing equals ass on chair (so buy a decent chair); title: The dark point: why are you doing this again?; title: Advanced structure: getting from good to great; title: Rewriting: now the real work begins; title: Common mistakes: don't be that guy; title: Extremely specific mistakes: hey you! yes, you; title: Selling yourself: loglines, queries, and managers; title: Fade out: why we write.